Intel Says It Won’t Regain the Lead until 5 Nm: “10 Nm Isn’t Going to Be Quite the Performer”

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Intel has admitted that its upcoming slate of products is nothing to get excited about.



Speaking at Morgan Stanley’s Tech, Media & Telecom 2020 conference yesterday, CFO George Davis told investors to temper their expectations for Intel’s 10 nm products because they’re going to be “less productive” than previous generations. The company won’t be able to impress until it gets its 7 nm node worked out – which won’t happen until late 2021.



“Look, this isn’t just going to be the best node that Intel has ever had,” Davis bluntly stated. “It’s gonna be less productive than 14 nm, less productive than 22 nm, but we’re excited about the improvements...

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Yikes

 

[Riccochet]

Basically, they'll be stuck "Chasing Amd" for at least the next 2-3 years. It's not like AMD is going to stop innovating. AMD may already have a 5nm process product to market by the time Intel starts qualifying theirs.

I love forced innovation due to stiff competition. This is how the free market is intended to work. In the end the consumer wins.